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. 2018 Jul 24;41(12):1355–1369. doi: 10.1007/s40264-018-0699-2

Table 3.

Number of WEB-RADR substance mentionings in Twitter/Facebook (FB) and patient fora; and the number of reports in VigiBase

WEB-RADR substance(s) No. of Twitter/FB postsa % No. of patient forum posts % No. of VigiBase reports %
Methylphenidate 13,248 28.0 11,178 19.8 24,042 3.6
Topiramate 5190 11.0 4036 7.2 15,889 2.4
Diclofenac 4310 9.1 1081 1.9 66,782 10.0
Terbinafine 3706 7.8 1152 2.0 19,983 3.0
Levetiracetam 2927 6.2 1372 2.4 14,597 2.2
Vardenafil hydrochloride 2753 5.8 6023 10.7 5692 0.85
Propofol 2268 4.8 435 0.77 14,694 2.2
Carbamazepine 1671 3.5 1191 2.1 47,209 7.1
Insulin glargine 1619 3.4 2752 4.9 26,830 4.0
Baclofen 1187 2.5 2740 4.9 15,667 2.4
Zolpidem 1152 2.4 2417 4.3 21,593 3.2
Clomipramine 950 2.0 844 1.5 8423 1.3
Propranolol 830 1.8 2184 3.9 13,987 2.1
Zolmitriptan 651 1.4 207 0.37 2581 0.39
Tamoxifen 597 1.3 3821 6.8 14,373 2.2
Estradiol 578 1.2 2084 3.7 25,924 3.9
Clozapine 450 0.95 485 0.86 91,511 13.7
Ethinylestradiol, gestodene 432 0.91 16 0.03 4300 0.65
Filgrastim 427 0.90 1366 2.4 7732 1.2
Oxcarbazepine 306 0.65 758 1.3 9412 1.4
Fingolimod 291 0.62 63 0.11 17,806 2.7
Pegfilgrastim 246 0.52 1063 1.9 7190 1.1
Metoprolol tartrate 236 0.50 574 1.0 26,900 4.0
Clopidogrel 178 0.38 838 1.5 36,138 5.4
Atenolol 168 0.36 936 1.7 23,272 3.5
Budesonide 154 0.33 756 1.3 13,245 2.0
Interferon-β-1b 151 0.32 26 0.05 16,139 2.4
Letrozole 140 0.30 4786 8.47 7891 1.2
Dienogest 126 0.27 73 0.13 279 0.04
Omalizumab 116 0.25 126 0.22 8469 1.3
Denosumab 63 0.13 829 1.5 16,954 2.5
Teriflunomide 63 0.13 20 0.04 2965 0.4
Artemether, lumefantrine 27 0.06 4 0.01 667 0.10
Alemtuzumab 23 0.05 23 0.04 3255 0.49
Sorafenib 23 0.05 35 0.06 13,703 2.1
Romplostim 20 0.04 51 0.09 5658 0.85
Dronedarone 16 0.03 36 0.06 4344 0.65
Ranibizumab 5 0.01 100 0.18 10,301 1.6

aAt an indicator score threshold of 0.7